What a beauty. Docked, at a port on Lake Ontario, just steps away from downtown Toronto. Container ships don’t usually pull into this particular port. I mean, not at this particular spot, which is so close to the road that, as I drove by, I could actually get this shot. The prow of the ship almost touching the chain linked fence that separated public space from the industrial space where a ship can deliver its cargo.

What a discovery. Built in 2007, to carry nearly 35,000 tons of cargo, it flies the Cyprus flag. And, all of it, parked as though it were a row-boat pulled up to shore.

A container ship. Imagine. What magnificence did it contain? Where had it come from? How long would it stay? What stories it could tell! But, all of it a mystery, as the vessel sits silently at shore. A container of goods. A container of good. A container for imagination. A container contained, for now, on the shores of Lake Ontario.

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Another in the series, ‘Drive By Photography’, where I take a photograph from my car while waiting for the light to change.

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3 thoughts on “The Container”

Juli, I love this series of drive by images! This one is just amazing. Thanks for the link that tells about the ship. It gave me an idea of the magnitude of the ship itself. What are the chances that a container ship would be that close to the road that you could get this shot? Very impressive.

What an amazing juxtaposition – that huge ship RIGHT there, next to the fence – as if that fence could keep it out and away from the road. Another moment captured, one with a story to tell – wondering what treasures it contains.